Connect With What Matters Most
Holistic Counseling and Consulting for Individuals, Couples, & Organizations
Based in New York and Available Online throughout NY and WA
Hi, I’m Portia (She/her).
I sincerely believe in our human ability to grow amidst struggle, and it’s my role to guide you on this path.
In our work together, we’ll climb up and away from your problems to view them from a higher perspective.
You’ll develop the ability to see yourself in new ways that foster deeper understanding, compassion, and resilience.
Once you’ve developed this broader perspective, you’ll be equipped with mind-body tools that connect you with your most authentic self.
Soon, you’ll find yourself developing more meaningful connections with others and growing in alignment with your values and goals.
Contact me now to get started on this journey to a life of greater connection.
My Approach to Therapy:
I integrate several experiential methods and modalities inside of my practice with individuals and couples. These approaches help you stay embodied inside of your healing journey and facilitate trauma recovery at a deeper level inside of the brain. When we practice coming into our
experience, we are able to build a deeper relationship within ourselves and meaningful relationships with people and the world around us.
The STAIR Method
STAIR is an integrative methodology that offers a framework to support power-with collaborative relationships and brain wise healing. The STAIR Method was developed by Juliane Taylor Shore and is based in the science of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). STAIR supports folks in growing self trust and listening more deeply to the wisdom of their experiences with more nuance. STAIR is an acronym for Self-Trust And Integrated Resilience.
I am a level-three trained STAIR therapist and am in the process of receiving my STAIR
certification. I am mentored directly by the founder of STAIR in addition to STAIR-certified
clinicians.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is a compassionate, non-pathologizing approach to therapy that understands the mind as made up of different “parts,” each with its own perspective, emotions, and role. You might notice these parts as the inner critic, the people-pleaser, the perfectionist, or the part that feels overwhelmed or shut down.
Rather than trying to eliminate these parts, IFS helps you build a relationship with them—understanding how they developed and what they’re trying to protect. Even the parts that feel disruptive or painful often have good intentions rooted in past experiences.
At the core of IFS is the belief that everyone has a centered, grounded inner presence—often called the “Self”—that is naturally calm, curious, and compassionate. Through this work, you learn how to access that Self and relate to your internal system with greater clarity and care.
I have completed training on utilizing IFS skills for complex trauma treatment.
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-based approach to healing trauma and chronic stress. It focuses on how experiences are held in the nervous system, not just in thoughts or memories.
When we go through overwhelming or stressful events, the body can get “stuck” in patterns of fight, flight, or freeze. This can show up as anxiety, shutdown, irritability, tension, or a sense of being constantly on edge. SE gently supports the nervous system in completing these stress responses so the body can return to a more regulated state.
Rather than retelling or reliving painful experiences, SE works slowly and intentionally—helping you track sensations in the body, build awareness, and increase your capacity to feel without becoming overwhelmed.
I am not an SE trained practitioner, and I have been coached and trained by SE-certified providers to utilize SE skills to support trauma healing.
Individual Counseling
There’s a lot that you’re holding onto.
You’ve pushed yourself to meet the goals you thought would make you happy in life.
Even still, you feel like you’re missing something. You don’t feel the way you thought you would when achieving these goals.
The more you do, the farther away you seem to get from the feeling you’re chasing.
You want to live an authentic life.
But it feels like there are so many competing voices in your head that you’re unsure which one to listen to.
Which voices are your anxieties and the internalized expectations of the world around you?
Which voice is the true you and will lead you to living in alignment with your values?
Couples Counseling
You’re feeling isolated in your relationship.
Every day, you seem to grow further away from your partner.
Despite your best efforts, you just can’t stop disappointing each other.
Every time you try to talk about how you’re feeling, it just doesn’t seem to get through to your partner.
If only you could break this cycle.
You still love each other, and neither of you is ready to give up on this relationship.
But you can’t go on feeling unseen, unheard, and misunderstood.
There must be some way to reconnect.
Organizational Consulting
Your team is struggling.
People are quitting, falling behind on their work, and seem less and less invested in their jobs.
Communication has broken down, and employees are feeling increasingly isolated and unsupported.
Now, there are increased delays, and service is suffering. Numbers are going in the wrong direction.
The workplace culture is compromised.
You’re looking for change that is going to make a tangible difference on how people feel at work and what they are able to produce.
It’s possible to change the culture and drive engagement and innovation.
Together, we can repair the disconnection and tap into your team’s full potential.
Healing starts with connection.
Gain deeper understanding and connection with yourself and others.